The Mumbai crime branch arrested a 29-year-old man from Bandra for allegedly blackmailing a TV actress in order to extort money from her. The accused identified as Siddharth Sarvoday (29) allegedly morphed the victim's photographs and then threatened to post them online.

The accused introduced himself as a casting director on social media and contacted several struggling actresses and models. After getting access to their profile pictures, he morphed them and then blackmailed the victims. The crime came to light after the accused threatened a TV actress that he would share her morphed photographs on social media sites and then demanded Rs 1 lakh from her. Following which, a complaint was registered by the actress with the Versova police station. The crime branch's Unit 9 conducted a parallel investigation and arrested Sarvoday after 12 days.